Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 141
Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction
सदानन्दा सदाकीर्तिः सर्वभूताश्रयस्थिता / वाग्देवता ब्रह्मकला कलातीता कलारणिः
sadānandā sadākīrtiḥ sarvabhūtāśrayasthitā / vāgdevatā brahmakalā kalātītā kalāraṇiḥ
هي السعادة الأبدية والمجد الدائم، قائمةٌ ملجأً لجميع الكائنات. وهي إلهةُ الكلام (Vāgdevatā)، وفنُّ براهْمَن الإلهي؛ تتجاوزُ جميع أطوار الزمان، وهي الأصلُ الذي تنبثقُ منه أطوارُه.
Lord Kūrma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita section
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
By portraying the Supreme as ever-blissful and the refuge of all beings, the verse points to an underlying reality that sustains existence and is not limited by time’s divisions (kalā), a key marker of the Atman/Brahman principle in Purāṇic yoga-theology.
The verse emphasizes Vāc (sacred speech) as a divine principle, supporting mantra-japa and contemplative absorption on the source of speech and time—practices aligned with Pāśupata-oriented devotion where disciplined recitation and inward concentration lead beyond temporal limitation.
By grounding divinity in a transcendent Śakti/Brahman principle (refuge of all beings, beyond time), the verse supports the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis: Shiva and Vishnu are understood as expressions of the same supreme reality operating through one power.